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Filtering water from Cottonwood Spring, Mojave National Preserve

00011-pumping-cottonwood-spring-800px.jpg Erosion on the old road to Cottonwood Canyon has exposed some old rubber piping that had been buried under the roadThumbnailsFor some reason, this meadow near Butcher Knife Canyon is resplendent with small white flowersErosion on the old road to Cottonwood Canyon has exposed some old rubber piping that had been buried under the roadThumbnailsFor some reason, this meadow near Butcher Knife Canyon is resplendent with small white flowersErosion on the old road to Cottonwood Canyon has exposed some old rubber piping that had been buried under the roadThumbnailsFor some reason, this meadow near Butcher Knife Canyon is resplendent with small white flowersErosion on the old road to Cottonwood Canyon has exposed some old rubber piping that had been buried under the roadThumbnailsFor some reason, this meadow near Butcher Knife Canyon is resplendent with small white flowersErosion on the old road to Cottonwood Canyon has exposed some old rubber piping that had been buried under the roadThumbnailsFor some reason, this meadow near Butcher Knife Canyon is resplendent with small white flowers

I've waited five minutes, and the silt in the depression that I dug in the stream has cleared away. I'm filling my half-depleted two-litre Camelbak and two empty 1.5-litre water bottles.